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WASHINGTON. 

OFFICERS: 

J. W. McKINLEY, LL. M., President and 

Manager. 
D. OLIN LEECH, M. D., Vice-President. 
I. S. JOHNSON, A. M., Ph. D., Secretary. 
MORRIS BIEN, Pii. B., Treasurer. 
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References— BY PERMISSION : 
Second National Bank, 

National Capital Bank, 

and Capital Trust Co. of this city. 



INCORPORATED. 




DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

DEPARTMENTS — 

BOOK-KEEPING AND BUSINESS, 
♦SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING, 
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS, 
ENGINEERING, 
JOURNALISM, 
SQENCE. 



CONSIDER THIS : You can take a complete course in any of the above departments at your home for one-fourth what it would cost you 
to go to a college, and at the same time cont-cue your present employment. 



OUR GUARANTEE — FIVE YEARS OF SUCCESS. 



Communications for all Departments should be addressed lo YHF. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, 

Second National Bank Building, Washington, D. C. 

(Copyright, 1S9S, by the National Correspondence Institute. All rights reserved. j 



.. FACULTY.. , 

OF THE 

NaiioNSL (Correspondence Institute, 



J. W. McKINLEY, President and Manager. 



BALL, CHARLES B., P/i. B. (Sheffield Scieutific School, 
Yale University). 

EIEN, MORRIS, Ph. B. (University of California). 

BLISS, LOUIS D., President Bliss School of Electricity, 
Washington, D. C. 

BROWNE, C. W. H., B. M . E. (University of Maine). 

COOPE, HARRY, M. Acd. (Eastman National Business 
College, Poughkeepsie, New York). 

COLEMAN, WILLIA.M MACON, A. M. (University of North 
Carolina). 

DONN, EDWARD W., Jr., B. S. (Mass. Institute of Tech- 
nology). 

FARWELL, ELMER S., C. E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic In- 
stitute), l\f. S. (Columbian University). 

GIES, EDWARD L., A. B., A M. (Western Maryland Col- 
lege), LL. B. (National University). 

TTINSDALE, T. R., C. E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). 



JOHNSON, JOHN SCOTT, B. 5., A. M., I h. D. (Columbian 
Universityi. 

JUDSON, CARROLL D., LL. B. (National University). 

LEECH, D. OLIN, M.D. (Columbian University). 

LONG, E. McL., C. E. (University of Virginia). 

McFARLAND, W. A., M. E. (Lehigh University). 

MENAUGH, WALTER L., Expert Printer and Proofreader 
of twenty years' experience. 

ROBINSON, C. BARNWELL, V. S., Dean of United States 
College of Veterinary Surgeons. 

SCHWARTZ, GEO. W., Author of " Office Routine and Book- 
keeping." 

THOMPSON, GEO. G., Instructor in (Pitman sjstetts) 
Stenography and Typewriting. 

WEST, HENRY LITCHFIELD, Fornieily Managing Editor 
Washhig/on Post. 



51?is fl990tJ9e?fi\ei}t is D(?uot(?d to tl?? Ii7t(^rQsts cf tl?e . . . 

DEPARTMENT OF 

^HORTHae^D awD TYPEWRITING. 

SHORTHAND . . . TYPEWRITING . . . 

lu cbarge of Harry CoopK, M. Acct., Expert Stenog- la charge of George G. Thomson, Graduate of the 

rapher and Reporter, and Teacher of the Benu Pitman Ontario (Canada) Shorthand Academy, Expert Stenog- 

System. Mr. Coope was taught Shorthand at the Pho- rapher, and Teacher of the Isaac Pitman System. Mr. 

nographic Institute, of Cincinnati, Ohio, the headquarters Thomson has, for several years, made the Teaching of 

of the Beun Pitman System. Typewriting by mail a specialty. 

This Auuouncemeut is divided into tliree parts as follows : ^ 

PART I.— SUOUTHAM) Pages 4- 12 

PAKT II.— TYPEWRITIXG . ... " 13-18 

PART TIT.— EXGI>1SH "ID 

The iustrnction outlined in the several courses is thorough, practical, viiich of it original, and in every way complete. 

To the young man or woman wishing to make shorthand and typewriting a means of earning a livelihood this may be the 
opportuuity of a lifetime. 

Clergymen, lawyers, doctors, business men and women, as well as college students, who wish a knowledge of shorthand and 
typewriting to assist them in their work or study will uow be enabled to acquire this knowledge iu their spate lime. 

No Vacations, No Cr.AssES, No Time Limit. For Rates See Application Blank Enclosed. 

One great advantage of our correspondence work is the individual iiistt uclion given each student who is practically in a class 
by himself. The instruction can. therefore, be takeu as rapidly or slowly as desired. There is no specified time for completing the 
course. The tuition is for a specified course, and is not based upon the lime required to complete the course. 

Scholar.sllips, non-forfeitable and transferable, are given all who enroll for any regnlar course, as soon as the fee, or first 
installment thereon, is paid. 

Communications for this Department should be addressed : 

NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, 

Department of Shorthand and Typewriting. Second National Bank Building. Washington, D. C. 

(Further information furnished on application.) 



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HORTHAND AS AN 
ACCOMPLISHMENT. 

The acquisition of the art 
of Shorthand writing is as 
essential to the complete edu- 
cation of young men and 
- - women as the simple rules of 

orthography. To the young 
man mounting the steps of a successful career there 
is no qualification more helpful to rapid advancement 
than shorthand. To the young woman dependent 
upon her own efforts, no acquirement has more in- 
iluence in securing for her a desirable, remunerative, 
honorable position than the valuable art of short- 
hand. To the business man it has become a factor 
almost as indispensable as the telegraph. For the 
journalist it possesses an importance equalled only by 
that of the ability to express his views in clear 
language ; to the physician, to the lawyer, to the 
clergyman, it is becoming more and more a requisite 
of the highest practical value. 

Rightly conducted, the study of shorthand embraces 
more than mere mechanical practice. It gives the 
student a thorough training in the most advanced prin- 
ciples of orthography, a clear understanding of the use of 
words and of the art of correct expression. It develops 
the intellect by making the student familiar with the 



best thoughts of others, b}' stimulating the memory 
and by teaching him to think. It is a stud}' of the 
greatest interest, an accomplishment of the utmost 
importance to every ambitious man and woman. 



rHICH WAY FOR YOU? 

There are two ways of 
beginning the study of 
shorthand. There is only 
one way of becoming a 
master of the art. 

The self-taught short- 
hand writer lacks a thor- 
ough understanding of the 
most vital principles. His 
accomplishments are proportioned to his ability to ana- 
lyze the meaning of the author of his text books ; to 
adapt to his own needs an arbitrary set of general rules 
for which he knows no reason ; to acquire skill with a 
hundred obstacles confronting him. It is this class of 
writers who fill the mediocre position of the shorthand 
world or who are ever seeking work without success. 
They are the victims of a wrong beginning. 

The fundamental factor in the successful mastery of 
shorthand is "right direction" — the comprehensive 
guidance of an instructor who is not only a thorough 
master of the art he teaches but is competent to 
successfully direct others ; to understand the individu- 




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alitj' of a student and shape his methods of teaching to 
the requirements of that student. With such direction, 
an}' young man or woman with reasonable diligence 
and intelligence can become a thorough master of the 
practice of stenography, more helpful to themselves 
and more valuable to others. 



HE RIGHT WAY. 

Until recent j'ears the 
right way of acquiring an 
education in shorthand 
was accessible only to 
those who had ample time 
and money to attend a 
regular institute of sten- 
ography. Young men and 
young women who had to depend upon their own 
efforts for support, business men whose commercial in- 
terests demanded their constant attention, professional 
men whose duties could not be abandoned, were com- 
pelled, through lack of opportunity, to be satisfied 
with the meager results of self-instruction or to go 
without the helpful aid of shorthand. To-day, the 
modern development of Correspondence Instruc- 
tion makes it possible for all, no matter where 
they live, no matter what iheir vocation, no matter 
what their hours of employment or their financial 





condition, to obtain by mail the benefi s of the most 
approved methods of .shorthand in.struction under the 
personal direction of instructors of the highest 
competency. 



OT A "FEEDER/ 

jBtaLgBB' Most courses by mail in short- 

PH^Ji^^Bf hand are designed for the pur- 

poses of serving as "feeders" 
to the instructor's school or 
college. The student is stajied 
with lessons by mail, and then, 
as soon as he reaches a certain 
degree of proficienc}', representations are made to 
him to induce him to " come to our college to finish ;^' 
and every student is procured for the mail department 
mainly with a view of getting him soon to attend 
personally the school or college in which the alleged 
teacher by mail is interested. Hence, special rates are 
made for suck students, and, since every student is a 
possible prospective pupil in the school, and cau, when 
\\& goes to the school, be charged a high rate for perso7ial 
tuition, the terms for the mail lessons given by such 
teachers are frequently much lower than is really 
profitable to the teacher. 

As perfected at the National Correspondence In- 
stitute the method of teaching shorthand by mail 



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reaches its highest development. It is not used as a7i 
inducemeyit to secure students for a college, as is often 
the object of so-called correspondence courses, but as 
a means of giving a complete course of instruction 
without the necessity of the student leaving home or 
neglecting his business for an hour from the time he 
receives the first lesson until he secures his Diploma or 
Certificate of Proficiency. The National Corre- 
spondence Institute has no visiting students, no 
boarding students, no class instruction. It is pre- 
eminently an institution for the promotion of individual 
instiuction by mea?is of correspondence, and to that end 
devotes all its facilities 
..^^ and resources that have 

been acquired in six 
years' growth. 

Do not luisuuderstand the at- 
titude of the National Corres- 
pondence Institute toward the 
good shorthand aud typewriting 
schools. With all such it is work- 
ing hand in hand. It is opposed 
only to the schcols that make 
correspondence instruction a 
"feeder," and to the hundreds of 
small schools conducted bv poorly 
taught and inexperienced sten- 
ographers who conduct alleged 
schools to the injury and loss of 
the students who, nnfortunately, 
are unable to go to a good school, 
and are compelled to attend 
them. 





"^HE ADVANTAGES OF 
CORRESPONDENCE 
INSTRUCTION. 

In the correspondence courses 
of the National Correspond- 
ence Institute, each student is 
a class in himself, so that the 
instruction is absolutely individ- 
ual The student may progress 
as rapidly or as slowly as he finds it personallj'- advan- 
tageous. He may select his own time for studying 
and can change his place of study to suit his own 
convenience. He can carry his material for study 
wherever he goes and have it at hand for use in such 
spare moments as may at any time arise, and, as all his 
instruction is in writing, he may review it or refer 
to it over and over again, thus gaining an advantage 
not afforded by class or school instruction. Whether 
he is at home, in office, at the .shop or the store, he 
can, as leisure moments occur, take up his shorthand 
lessons, review previous instructions, write out new 
matter for revision by his correspondence instructor, or 
put into actual writing-practice the principles he has 
already acquired. No time need be lost in travel from 
his permanent home to a school, or from his temporary 
residence to the instruction rooms. Correspondence 
instruction interferes in no wa}^ with such social 



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engagements or arrangements, or with such business 
plans or opportunities as he may have already made 
or may make in the fijture. The student may sus- 
pend his stud}' at any time, when other matters are 
urgent, and resume at any time that sufficient leisure 
is afforded to him ; a few minutes, now and then, 
serving to keep him in touch with the work. 

A very important feature of correspondence in- 
struction is that the student's work is done C07ifide7i- 
iialfy hei\M^e.n himself and his instructor, and there is 
no danger that the student will have to expose his 
short- comings to any one else ; and so the fear of ridi- 
cule that haunts many students at shorthand schools, 
where the ages of pupils vary from fifteen to fifty 
years — is entirely removed 
from the learner's path. 
Meantime the student is ac- 
quiring habits of self-depend- 
ence, since he is obliged to put 
forth all his powers and must 
rely entirely upon his own 
work, without the injurious 
assistance of the more ad- 
vanced pupils who would al- 
ways be around him at a short- 
hand school. Moreover, the 
student who studies shorthand 
by mail gets much more actual 
atte7ition and much more indi- 
vidual instruction than if he 
were a mere unit in a large 
cla.ss where personal direction 
is impossible. 



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HE BEST SYSTEM. 

Next in importance to the 
best method of acquiring an 
education in shorthand is the 
best .system of shorthand to 
be adopted. It has been 
well said that "The seeker 
after stenographic skill finds 
himself at the outset of his 
search assailed \^ a host of persons, each claiming 
superiority for his particular system ; reminding one 
of a group of cabmen awaiting the stranger upon 
his entrance into a city, each hoping to be chosen 
because of his vociferousness." 

To the beginner, the question of the best system is 
of great importance. It is well, before expending time, 
money and labor, to settle this point. It will cost no 
more to acquire the best than to acquire something 
that may prove utterly worthless, and which must be 
unlearned before beginning to study that which time 
and experience have demonstrated to be the best. 
There is possibly some merit in every system, but the 
difficulty with the beginner is to know what system, on 
the whole, is the best. There are really but few sys- 
tems of shorthand, the greater number of these so- 
called systems being, as a matter of fact, simply adap- 
tations or variations of the Pitman phonography. The 



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other systems that possess any merit at all are based 
on the Pitman system. The name of some " new sys- 
tem " sometimes attracts persons who know nothing 
of shorthand, and thej^ imagine they arj getting an 
improvement. 

PITMAN In selecting a system for the Depart- 

SYSTEM. rnent of Shorthand of the National 
Correspondence Institute, with a 
choice of all the systems at our command, we selected 
that which we considered would be the best, and 
with which there would be no experiments. The 
system adopted is the Pitman System of Phono- 
graphy. Concerning this system, the United States 
Commissioner of Educa- 
tion, in his report for 1887- 
88, says: "A number of 
systems are taicght, hut that 
of Beiin Pitman is more 
■ generally used than aiiy other 
in this cou7itiy, and may 
be called the ' Amei ican 
System.' " The Pitman is 
the simplest ; it is the most 
legible ; it is the easiest to 
learn ; it is the most rapid ; 
and it is best adapted to all 
classes of shorthand work. 
It is used by the reporters in 




the United States Senate and House of Representatives 
(reporting of the most difficult character), which 
shows that it meets fully the requirements of the 
highest class of shorthand work. The reporters in 
the Senate and House receive the highest salaries 
paid for stenographic work in the United States. 

In going into a new country where several languages 
are spoken, one would naturally learn the language 
which was most universally used, particularly if it were 
used by the best people. In entering the shorthand 
world, those who learn the Pitman system learn that 
which is most universally used, and used by the 
best Stenographers. These facts should not be over- 
looked by the beginner. When one studies the Pitman 
system of phonography there is no risk. The young 
stenographer knows that he is studying the system 
which is used by the best stenographers and a majority 
of the stenographers in the United States. 

OUR At the head of the Department 

INSTRUCTORS. °f Shorthand of the National 

Correspondence Institute we 

have a teacher who was instructed at the Phonographic 
Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, the headquarters of the 
Benn Pitman System. His extensive experience in the 
different branches of actual work further qualifies him to 
give the best instructions in this, the verj' best system. 
We also have instructors, expert stenographers, who 
have studied and are capable of giving instructions iu 
any of the other systeras, if desired. 



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ETHOD OF TEACHING. 

Our methods of teaching may 
be explained in a few words. 
The pupil, as soon as he has 
made application and has been 
enrolled, is instructed by corre- 
spondence as to the preliminaries 
of the study. He is informed as to the materials to be 
used and the way to begin. At the same time, his 
first lesson and exercise are forwarded to him, and 
precise instructions are furnished as to the way in 
which the le.>ison is to be studied and the exercise 
performed. As soon as the student has learned this 
Jirsi lesson and written out the exercise (which 
exercise is from the very start an exercise both in 
reading and writing shorthand^ he forwards the 
written matter for correction and special suggestions. 
This exercise is then examined by the instructor, 
the necessary revisions are made, the appropriate 
suggestions are furnished, and such general advice 
as is prompted by a consideration of the i^idi- 
vidual pupil's work is supplied. The revised exer- 
cise and the teacher's suggestions and advice are 
now forwarded to the pupil, and the latter is 
instructed to re-write his first exercise in as perfect 
a manner as is then possible for him and submit it 
again for further examination. At the same time, 



new matter for his second exercise is furnished, unless 
it should appear from the imperfect way in which 
the preceding exercise has been executed that the 
whole of the pupil's time for bis second lesson should 
be devoted to a repetition of his first exercise. There 
is no regular set of exactly similar les.sons or exercLses 
for all pupils in this instruction, because it is a fimda- 
viental principle of shorthand teaching by mail that 

the inslrnclion must be 

\ thoroughly individual . 

Each student must be sup- 

•• plied according to ///i- or //^^ 

especial needs, otherwise, 

,>>v:.. , ^ , correspondence instruction 

"'' * would not be so extremely 

more valuable ihan study from text- 

1 - books or class instruction, in which 

f' ■ study every student is furnished 

with pref-i-sely the same lesson, the 

same instruction, and the same general assistance. 



COURSES OF 
INSTRUCTION. 



We give three courses of in- 
struction in Stenography, either 
of which may be selected. 
Complete Course. — The Complete Course t\\X\\\^^ to 
instruction sufficient to carry the student through the 
entire sj'stem of shorthand, and to give a thorough 
preparation for .stenographic work and all classes of 
verbatim repotiyig. 



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A Diploma, under seal, is given all who finish the 
Complete Course. As soon as enrolled in this course, 
the student is given a Scholarship, which is non- 
forfeitable, and transferable on payment of one ($i) 
dollar at any time to any other pupil who will take up 
the course at the same lesson at which the original 
purchaser suspends the course. 



Elementary Course. — 
The Elementary Course 
comprises the first twenty 
lessons of the Complete 
Course, and is usually suffi- 
cient to carry the pupil 
more than halfway through 
the study of shorthand, and 
places him in a position 
where he can pursue the 
study alone, if he prefers ; 
or, he can take the re- 
mainder of the mail lessons 
of the Complete Course on 
payment of the additional 
amount. 




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The Elementary Course, however, fits the student 
for all classes of amanuensis (writing from dictation) 
or clerical work, and is sufiBcient for all ordinary office 
purposes. A Certificate of Proficiency is given all 
who complete this course. 



A Scholarship, nonforfeitable and transferable, as 
previously explained, is also given to all who take the 
Elenienta7y Course. 

Trial Course. — The Trial Course is designed to 
allow a prospective student to investigate for himself, 
at a very low figure, our method of instruction by mail 
and the system of Stenography. This course consists 
of the first six lessons of the other courses. 

For rates of tuition see application blank en- 
closed If lost, send for atiother. 

STENOGRAPHERS Shorthand is coming to be 
ITnT demand more and more an absolutely 

necessary clerical qualification. 
lu the largest business houses it is now the settled 
policy to have all of the members of the clerical force 
thoroughly proficient in the art of stenography. 

" The art of shorthand writing has become an invaluable promolion of 
general business activity, and has opened up a pleasant field of work for 
youno^ men and young women. There is a constant demand for those pos- 
sessing a knowledge of shorthand writing and a facility with the type- 
writer." (From Johnson's Universal Cyclopizdia, latest edition, 1S96.) 

An eminent journalist, in a letter written a few 
months ago and widely published in a number of the 
leading weekly papers of the country, made the follow- 
ing statement of his convictions as to the pecuniary 
value of a knowledge of shorthand : 

" I would advise any young man who is looking for a career to study 
shorthand ai\d typewriting. * * * When a man wants to find work, I 
know nothing so sure of commanding employment as a knowledge of 
shorthand." * * * 



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" If you look in the New York newspapers, you will see few advertise- 
meuts of stenographers in want of occupation. The condition which exists 
there can be found all over the country, the Civil Service Commissioners 
tell me." 

" In these days, when labor-saving machinery is driving so many men 
out of employment and cheapening labor through undue competition, it is 
refreshing to find one branch of work in which the demand is greater than the 
supply." 

The report of U- S. Civil Service Commission for 
1S96 says : " The supply of male eligibks in stenogr aphy 
and typewriting is barely equal to the demand, and the 
prospects of promotion after appointment from this 
register are better than after appointment from the other 
registers. ' ' 

Of the thirty-nine competitors who passed in i8g6, 
thirty five were appointed at salaries ranging from $50 
to $100 per month. 



MONEY VALUE 



alue of shorthand 
already abundantly illustrated in con- 
OF SHORTHAND. nectlou with congressional and all other 
legislative n'ork in the couuti y. the 
administration of our national, State, and municipal courts, and in the 
conduct of all extensive correspondence whether official or private. 
In the year 1890 over 7,000 (seven thousand) persons in the United States 
studied short-hand by 7naii." (Report United States Commissioner of 
Kducation.) 

I advise parents to have all their boys and girls taught shorthand 
writing and typewriting A shorthand writer who can typewrite his notes 
would be safer from poverty than a great Greek scholar, — Chas. Reade. on 
" The Coming Man.'* 

SHORTHAND Women employed as stenog- 

FOR WOMEN. raphers are now found in ever}^ 
department of commercial, liter- 
ary, and legislative life ; they have penetrated 



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even the courts of law, and the official court re- 
porter in many States of the Union is a woman 
stenographer with a yearly salary of $2,000 or $3,000 
or more. There is nothing surprising in the complete 
success of so many women in the stenographic pro- 
fession ; the fingers are naturally nimble and dex- 
terous, the brain is alert 
to grasp and apply the 
principles of stenography ; 
and, when you add to these 
the many other qualifica- 
tions they bring to the 
study and practi^ of short- 
hand, you have a combijia- 
tioti that must succeed. 

Shorthand b)- mail ap- 
peals even more strongly to 
women students than to 
men, for the reason that 
women find it much harder, 
as a rule, to attend short- 
hand schools, to leave their 
home, and to pay the large 

amount of money charged for personal instruction, 
board, traveling, and the other numerous expenses 
incident to the study of stenography at a shorthand 
school or college. Besides, shorthand is peculiarly and 
distinctively a spare-time study — an at-home study, and 
women have much more spare time and are much 




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more constantly at home than their brothers, husbands 
or fathers. Hence, ever3'thing that is stated iu ihis 
Annmncement applies as fully and as truly to zvomen as 
to men. 



OSITIONS FOR STUDENTS. 

We positively do not "guar- 
antee ' ' positions for our students. 
No reliable school, to our knowl- 
edge, makes such a guarantee. 
We think, however, we have 
■ • '' ' advantages in assisting our 

students not equalled by any other institution. 
There are very, very few first-class shorthand col- 
leges outside of the largest cities, and they are not so 
numerous even in cities. Business men in the imme- 
diate vicinity of such schools can call on them for sten- 
ographers and typewriiists, bookkeepers, and oifice 
assistants. Not so with the grtat army of business 
men out=ide the largest cities. These business men 
can write to us from any part of the United Stales, and, 
as our students are scattered from Maine to California, 
we may be able to give them the names of competent 
studeuts right in their vicinity. 

Another advantage we have, and one that is recog- 
nized by business men at once, is that a great majority 
of our students have had office experience — book- 
keepers who are taking shorthand and typewriting. 



or stenographers who are taking bookkeeping. The 
majority of students in business or shorthand colleges 
are boys and girls who have failed to get a high school 
education and are being sent to a business or shorthand 
school by their parents or guardians. Our students 
are bread winners. They are studying because they 
want to team ; not to pass away the time ; not because 
they are compelled to do so by parents or guardians ; 
not for an accomplishment alone. When graduated 
they are thoroughly equipped. 

Business men know this and would rather select 
from our students than to take some boj' or girl out 
of a business college who is entirely without experience. 
The business man has no time for kindergarten work. 

We are the most extensive advertisers in the 
country, and are therefore most widely known. 
The advantage of this is obvious to everyone. 

Bookkeepers, Stenographers, or Typewriiists en- 
rolled with us, who are taking some other course of 
work, can have their names entered on our OiSce 
Assistant's Register, and we will take pleasure in 
helping them to better situation.s. It will not interfere 
with their course with us, which is \h.e spare-time study 
course. 

No charge for this service will be made to those who 
finish our Complete or Elementary Course, but a small 
fee will be charged all other students whom we assist to 
a positioji. No fee will be required for registration. 
There will be no fee to pay until a position through our 
assistance has been secured. Full particulars will be 
sent on requcbt. 








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OUR SEAL. '^'^^ ^^^^ °f '^'^^ National Corre- 
spondence Institute, when affixed 
to the Diploma given the students who finish (.lie 
Complele Course in the Department of Short- 
hand and Typewriting, is a guarantee that the 
graduate is thoroughly equipped and a competent 
Ste7iographe'\ Our requirements before giving Di- 




plomas demand of the students a thorough knowledge 
of Stenography and sufficient speed which, with prac- 
tice, will fit them to do all classes of stenographic work. 
Students who thus complete the course will possess a 
practical letter of recommendation, which can not 
fail to command great weight in the business world. 
The Certificate of Proficiency also is given under 
seal to all who finish the Elemeiitaiy Course, 




PART 1 1. —TYPEWRITING. 

HE IMPORTANCE OF 
TYPEWRITING. 

The importance of type- 
writing as an art is not 
appreciated bj' those who 
are, or who desire to be- 
come, stenographers, and 
is not realized at all by the 
general public. Typewriting is rarely thought of as 
being co-ordinate with shorthand and of equal impor- 
tance. It is regarded, by beginners especially, as a 
kind of annex to .shorthand and as subordinate to it. 
It is almost the universal idea that the art of type- 
writing can be acquired and perfection reached simply 
by procuring a machine and practising thereon until 
one becomes familiar with the keyboard. This is a 
great mistake. The mere fact that the keys can be 
manipulated at a given speed does not indicate in the 
least degree that the operator is a good typewritist. 
It is true that the mechanical arrangement of the 
machine is such that so>ne kind of work can be done on 
it at the first attempt, but, simply on this ace- nut, the 
conclusion should not be hastily reached that a very 
little practice to attain speed is all that reraair.s to be 
accomplished. 

The secret o^ good typcivriting does not lie primarily 



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in speed. There are 
many other things to be 
considered — not the least 
among them is accuracy. 
To be able to attain ac- 
curacy, one must be fa- 
miliar with the machine 
in all its parts and under- 
stand their functions ; 
must be thoroughly fa- 
miliar with the matter of 



H punctuation, capitaliza 

I tr!^^ tion and spelling; and 



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must understand the 
general construction of 
the letter or other matter 
to be written. 



written all over everything they did, not with the 
pen, but ivith the typewriter. The business man adver- 
tising for help quite often decides, favorably or un- 
favorably, on an application as much by the appear- 
ance as by the contents of the letter of application. No 
firm will consider an application that shows on its face 
that the writer — possibly well educated in a general 
way and able to take dictation and transcribe rapidly — 
does not know how to construct the letter properly, is 
ignorant of the rules of punctuation, except as to the 
commonest use of the period and comma, and knows 
only that proper names begin with capital letters. 
Business men will not tolerate work that bristles with 
Imperfections ; neither will they tolerate the person 
who does imperfect work. Business men are not con- 
ducting typewriting schools. They are paying for 
good work and they will have it. 



^^ There is a tendency among 

'EXPERTS" NEED stenographers who have had 
INSTRUCTION. two or three years' office ex- 

perience to style themselves ' ' expert stenographers " — 
and as for typewriting : " tliat' s too easy to talk about." 
They forget the advertisements for office help they have 
answered and never heard from. They forget the posi- 
tions they have held for a few brief weeks, or possibly 
only days, and were then given some excuse for 
being no longer needed. It never occurred to them 
that they were incompetent and that incompetency was 



BE A GOOD 
ONE. 



If you are a typewritist (or thiirk 
you are) be sure you are a good one. 
When the "reduction of force" — 
the easy way to get rid of the least competent clerks — 
comes to your office, be one of the best. If it hap- 
pens to be a bona fide reduction of force and you 
are competent, you will have no time to wait for 
another situation. Good typewritist s are in demand! 
Poor ones are looking for employment ! Be a good 
one. 



Di?part/T\er)t of Jyp<!u;ritir)ij. 



COURSE OF The art of typewriting consists 

INSTRUCTION. °f ^ great number of branches, 
each complete in itself, and each 
requiring a different line of study. Fingering, Plain 
Copying, Punctuatio7i, Capitalisation, Construction of 
Speech, Letter- Writing, Copying from Rough Draft, 
Writing frofit Dictation, Writing frofn the Graphophone, 
Tabular Work, etc., are, by us, each taken up in turn. 
We send the student a variety of exercises on each 
branch, and, upon their return, point out the errors and 
imperfections and show how to correct them. It is then 
our endeavor to strengthen the weak points by giving a 
thorough course of drilling upon them until they dis- 
appear. Each detail of the work is taken up in 
turn with the closest possible attention and, finally, a 
thorough review is had. 

The great benefit to be derived is obvious. The 
beginner is thereby placed on the right track from the 
start and quickly becomes a practical and efficient 
typewritist. To the typewritist who has had con- 
siderable office practice, but who all the time has been 
sadly deficient in nearly every branch of the art, our 
instructions come as a revelation. It has never before 
been realized that so much was to be learned, and that 
when learned it helped in such a large degree to make 
the typewritist almost invaluable to his employer. 

Of course, it would be impossible to analyze all the 
features of typewriting in detail here, but to illustrate 
the value of a course with us, and to show, in part, the 



method of teaching by mail, we reprint on page i6 a 
fac simile of a letter presumably written by a novice, 
who had been given the following exercise : 

" Write a letter, dating it May 27, 1891, from your 
city, to Mr. John C. Smith, 1224 Mansing Place, 
Cincinnati, Ohio (Mr. 
Smith, supposedly, being 
well known to you), ac- 
knowledging a communi- 
cation from him dated 

April 21, 1891, in which - 

he makes inquii^ regard- 
ing certain blanks. These 
blanks are supposed to 
contain reprints of photo- 
graphs which have been 
destroyed, and as no 
blanks are in stock you 
can not comply with his 
request. Tell him you 
are sorry, but you do not 
see what can be done, un- 
less .some of the missing 
photos are found. The 

letter to be signed by you as general manager. The 

letter to contain at least no words." 

We have also reprinted, on page 17, a fac-simile of 

the same letter, properly written, showing the vast 

difference in appearance between poor and good work. 




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OO MANY POOR 
OPERATORS. 

It can not be denied that 
the country is now over- 
run with so called stenog- 
raphers and typewritists, 
who, as a matter of fact, 
are nearly, if not quite, 
worthless; and who rarely, 
if ever, command a salary exceeding $3.50 or $5.00 
per week. Business men are "snowed under" 
with letters of application from incompetent stenog- 
raphers and typewritists. These are the ones who 
have " picked up " the art unaided, and the degree of 
success attained is manifested by the very small com- 
pensation received. On the other hand, first-class 
operators are invariably graduates of some good school 
or college where the subject of typewriting is given 
careful consideration^ and where competent instructors 
are employed. There is no denying the fact that 
the 7tiajoriiy of schools give this important subject 
too little attention, and give full charge of typewriting 
instruction to one or two of the advanced scholars , or, per- 
haps, to some of the pupils who have just graduated, 
and who have never had any competent instruction 
themselves. 



OUR STRONG 
POINT. 



The instructors ot the National 
Correspondence Institute have 
had maiiy years of ptactical experi- 
ence, and are thoroughl)' competent and skilled in every 
particular, and have given the subject of teaching 

TYPEWRITING BY MAIL THE CLOSEST ATTENTION. 

They have stood the test of many years in all branches 
of the art, and have prepared and taught others who 
have been equally successful. 

IS IT DimCULT Experience has demonstrated 
T/-^ T r^Ao^^T^ that almost as much time and fully 

as intelligent practice are required 
to become a good t3'pewritist as to obtain the requisite 
manual skill in taking 
shorthand notes. 

It must be borne in mind 
that an operator's work con- 
sists of the greatest possible 
variety, and that each of the 
different features of the art 
is almost a complete study 
in itself. The ever increas- 
ing use of the Graphophone 
by business houses, the' 
practice of many profess- 
ional and business men of 
dictating direct to the type- 
writ i s t , the necessity of 
transcribing from the tele- 







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OFFICE 
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graph instrument direct has brought us to the point 
where good and rapid t3'pewriting is an absohite 
requisite in every-day business. We claim, however, 
that by following the method of fingering we teach, the 
highest degree of proficiency in speed can be attained. 
All zve require is practiee aceordiiig to our instructions. 
Throughout our course in Type- 
writing we give the matter of regu- 
lar office practice the closest atten- 
tion. We require all work to be done in a business-like 
manner, which, of course, is of great benefit, in that the 
student is securing a practical business education at 
the same time that he is learning typewriting. 



*^HE MACHINE TO USE. 

Our instructions are 
adapted to all standard 
makes of typewriting ma- 
chines. We merelj' inqu're 
of the student the partic- 
ular kind he intends adopt- 
ing, and then immediately 
begin the course. If, how- 
ever, a student desires our advice as to the best 
machine to use, we will cheerfully give an opinion, 
based on our experience. 




PART 1 1 1. -ENGLISH FOR SHORTHAND 
AND TYPEWRITING STUDENTS. 



It is very necessary thai the shorthand writer should be easily 
master of the details of good English ; his grammar should be 
above reproach, his spelling should be faultless, and he should be 
able to construct a letter in perfect form according to the 
best present usage, having it corrt- ctly lieaded and closed, 
properly punctuated from beginning to end, properly 
marg-iued, etc. Those who take any of our courses in short- 
hand or typewriting will necessarily receive some drill in these 
matters, though only incidentally. For the benefit of those 
students in shorthand who need more thorough work in Eng- 
lish, we have prepared special courses in grammar, spelling, 
punctuation, and lette*writing. 

The course in grammar includes the essentials of good lan- 
guage, giving sufficient drill in the construction of sentences to 
enable the student to think grammatically, and then there 
should be no trouble in writing grammatically. Grammar is 
not taught by the old text-book system, which is dry and unin- 
teresting. It is taught in an attractive, interesting, up-to-date 
manner, with all superfluous work eliminated. It is JHSt 
what everyone should know. 

The course in spelling covers all ordinary needs of an amanu- 
ensis, enabling the student to dispense with the dictionary for 
common, every day words. In punctuation and letter-writing 
the student is drilled upon the correct u?e of the period, comma, 
semicolon, colon, dash, etc., until he does not have to stop to 
think whether some punctuation point is needed, or what one 
should be used, but will punctuate properU- almost mechanic- 
all}' ; and he is shown the correct form in which to cast a 
letter, a thing which so many persons do not know. These 
courses are adapted especially to the needs of the students in 
shorthand and typewriting. They may be taken up at the 
same time as the course in shorthand, or they may precede the 
shorthand course. 



For rates of tuition see application blank. If lost, send for another. 



The - (^STioN^L - (Correspondence - Institute. 

EINDORSED AND COMMENDED BY STANDARD JOURNALS. 



THE WASHINGTON PRESS. 

Correspondence education is a field tliat is being rapidly filled. 
All educational branches are being as successfully taught by mall as 
in the colleges. To many this may be news, but it is not an experi- 
ment, as it has been in existence in this country for the pust twenty 
years. Our city, which we proudly call the political and educational 
center of the Nation, has not been behind in this, as the National Corres- 
pondence Institute, with its coi-ps of specialists, has been furnishing 
to the homes of the young men and women Instruction which they 
possibly could never have obtained in any other way.— Tlie Stni-, 
Washington, D. C. 

The National Correspondence Institute of this city offers a striking 
example of what is being done by correspondence in an educational 
line. A few years ago such a thing was almost unheard of, although it 
had its origin in this country in 1873. At first it was confined to courses 
of reading, and no attempt was made to give instrnotion. Of recent 
years correspondence schools of law, languages, sciences, business, 
shorthand, and in fact the teaciiing of ah subjects of an educational 
nature, has met with flattering results, and thousands of young men 
and women have received an education at home that otherwise would 
have been beyond their reach. — riie tost, Washington, D. C. 

The National Correspondence Institute of this city is one of the best 
in the country. The instructors are all specialists in their respective 
branches and of high standing in educational circles. — Tlie Capital, 
Washington, U. C. 

The National Correspondence Institute of this city is meeting with 
deserved success. Ably managed, and conscientiousl.y conducted by a 
faculty of our best educators, it is in the front rank of correspondence 
schools. ^' =>- * — National Democrat, Washington, 1>. C. 

The National Correspondence Institute of this city is one of the best 
correspondence schools in the country. It is managed and operated 
by a corps of our best educators and citizens. * * * — Kepublic, 
Washington, D. C 

* * * This is a high-class school on the correspondence plan 
located in our city, and the men connected with it are of high standing 
in educational circles. The Institute is thoroughly reliable and has 
met with deserved success. — Fourth-Class Fostnaaster, w ashiugion, 
D. C. 

* * * This institution has, by five years' successful work, estab- 
lished a reputation for stability, honesty and fair dealing, and we t-tke 
pleasure in reconrraending the Institute to our readers. — National 
Tribnne, Washington, U. C. 

* * * The National Correspondence Institute is a regular incor- 
porated company. It has been doing business for five years, which 
is a suflicient guaranty of its standing and reliability.— National 
Binietallist, Wasliington, £>. C. 

* * * After a careful Investigation of the busine.ss methods of the 
National Correspondence Institute and mode of teaching, the Inventive 
Age is pleased to announce that we are satisfied that this school is in 
every way thoroughly reliable.— Inventive Age, Waoliington, U.C. 



THE RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PRESS. 

* * * This is a reliable concern.— Christian Worfc, New York 
City. 

* * * For five years the National Correspondence Institute, 
Washington, D C, has been before the public and made for itself a 
high character for square and honest dealings with its correspondents. 
— Kpwortli Herald, Cliicago, 111., and Neiv Yorlc City. 

The National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C, has 
won fairly by honest work the reputation it now enjoys as one of the 
established and reliable institutions of the country.— Cliristian En- 
deavor World (furmerly Golden Kule), Boston, 31ass., and Chicago, 
111. 

Stands in the first class for ability, industry, progressive methods, 
success and reliabiiity. - Congregational Work, Fhiladelpliia, Fa.; 
Boston, iVlass. ; Chicago, 111., and New Yorfc City. 

-.;-■ s: * This Institute now issues a very handsome Announcement 
containing much valuable information. — Interior, Chicago, 111. 

* * * It is j ustly entitled to its widespread reputation and success 
in educating.— Baptist Union, Chicago, 111. 

* * * It has been truthfully stated that "confidence is a jjlant of 
slow growth." The National Correspondence Institute, Washington, 
D. C, has made this growth, and now ranks among the best in the 
country for trustworthiness and reliability.— Advance, Chicago, 111. 

* * * We can recommend the National Correspondence Institute, 
Washington, D. C. as being thoroughly reliable in every respect and 
entitled to public confidence.— Kam's Horn, Cliicago, 111. 

* * * The National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C., 
has been incorporated and in successful operation for five years, and 
has demonstrated its high character and useftilness by the first-class 
work which it has done. — Teachers' Institute, New Yorli City. 

* * * It is noted for lis honorable dealings and straightforward 
methods.— American School and College Journal, at. Louis, ivio. 



* * * There is no better correspondence school iu the country.— 
Popular Kducalor, Boston, Mass. 

* * * Its instructors stand high in educational circles.— Ameri- 
can School Board Journal, Milwaukee, Wis. 



* * * Has already reached a degree of efficiency rarely attained 
under a decade. — National Stenographer, Cliicago, 111. 



DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM. 

In Charge of MR. HENRY LITCHFIELD WEST, Formerly Managing Editor Washington Post. 




OURNAUSH 



students 
Assisted to 
Positions. 



Among all modem professions Journalism 
is tlie most powerful, tlie most fascinating, the 
most remunerative. Tlie steadily-increasing 
demand for well equipped writers has led the 
National Correspondence Institute to 
provide a new and attractive plan for preparing 
students in journalistic work, the most beneficial 
returns being assured for the least expenditure 
of time and money. 

All the great authors of to-day first entered 
the journalistic field. The path which they 
have trod to fame and financial success is 
open to thousands of men and women who need 
only to have their latent talents developed and 
directed. The Schools of Journalism in the large cities, which 
compel the actual attendance of the pupil, do not meet the require- 
ments of the situation. They are unsatisfactory and expensive. 
In teaching Journalism by Mail we have solved the problem 
of imparting complete knowledge of the journalistic art to each 
individual student. Your Spare Moments are the rounds 
of the ladder upon which you can mount to success. The plan is 
endorsed by ptactical journalists. 

Mr. West, who has personal charge of the Department of 
Journalism of the National Correspondence Insiituto, is one of the 
most accomplished, successful and versatile journalists at the Na- 
tional Capital. Mr. West has had locg experience in training 
journalises, and many of the most noterl members of the pi'ofession 
have graduated from under his instruction. He is commended by 
the most distinguislied of the brilliant corps of Washington corre- 
spondents and has himself achieved a high reputation as a maga- 
zine writer. He is admirably capable of imparting the results of 
his long experience and knowledge to the students of the National 
Correspondence Institute. He will be assisted in his work by a 
corps of specially-selected assistants. 



Courses of Instruction. 

The courses are divided as follows : 

Practical Course.— Acquaints the student with everv detail 
of Journalistic Work ; this includes Rhetoric and Stvle; How to 
begin work as a Reporter or Correspondent ; Methods'of Journalis- 
tic Work ; The Art of Interviewing; Editorial Writing, etc. 

Complete Course.— Embraces all of the Prac'Jcal Course and 
in addition Book Reviewing; Dramatic Criticism ; Essay AVriting ; 
Short Story Writing; City and Managing Editors' Work, etc. 

Select Course.— Embraces subjects selected from the Practical 
and Complete Cnurfes and designed for Teachers, Lawyers, Doctors — 
in fact, all professional and business men and women who desire 
instruction in composition and literary work as an accomplishment 
and who do not wish tofollow journalism as a profession. 

Special Course. -^or those who have endeavored to secure 
acceptance of literary work, but have failed to gain a foothold in 
the ranks of successful authors. Publishers have neither the time 
nor inclination to criticise the manuscripts which they find 
unavailable. Our Department of Rejected Manuscripts in this 
course, supplies this need, making story vjriling a lucrative employ- 
ment. 

The system which we have adopted is thorough, practical and 
successful. It teaches Journalism by methods which are easy 
to understand and certain in their results. There is no time-limit 
to the courses, but each pupil is given ample opportunity to become 
proficient without interfering with the regular work in which he 
or she may be otherwise engaged. 

The Diploma Mdiich will be finally awarded will be of value 
in securing employment. Students with adaptability and talent 
can easily make their expenses by journalistic work while engaged 
in acquiring a complete knowledge of all the details of the profession. 

Our Plans provide practical assistance in securing employment. 

Tuition, $20 and upward ; cash or installments. 

Write for our announcement of the Department of Journal- 
ism. Xatioiial Correspondence Institute, Second Na- 
tional IJaiik liitildiug', Washingrtou, D. C. 

Stntj'ri i: on. /■< ijiiest. 



In Charge of JOHN SCOTT JOHNSON, B. S., A. M., Ph. D. 




CIENCE 



TAUGHX 

BY 

MAIL. 



Are you included in one of these three 
classes ? 

1. Those who, on account of youth or of 
being needed at home, are unable to leave 
home or business to attend college. 

2. Those who have been compelled, for 
any reason whatsoevei', to give up a college 
course after they have begun it. 

3. Those older ones who wish to supply 
the omissions of their earlier education. 

If you are one of those, this page is in- 
tended for you. We are not offering to give 
students all of the advantages of a course in 
college ; we rather advise all who can do so, to .enter some goud 
university and to complete their courses there. But to those who, 
for some reason, are not able to attend a university during the four 
years necessary for a degree, we offer a substitute which has much 
to commend it. This is a tlioroiigli education by corre- 
spondence, witli a degree at its close to attest it. 

The chief advantages of a course by correspondence may be 
summed up as follows : 

Money is Saved. — Expenses of travel and of board away 
from home are cut off, and the expense of tuition is reduced. 

Time is Saved. — The student does not have to attend lectures 
at certain specified hour^, with the consequent loss of time owing 
to preparations to leave his boarding house, the tramp to the college, 
the tramp back (or expense of carfare), the resuming of his house 
coat and slippers for work again and the taking up again of the 
train of thought which was interrupted a couple of hours before. 



Business is Saved. — The student may study at home, mak- 
ing his study hours suit his convenience, which enables him to 
maintain his business while he pursues his studies. 

The Student Gains a more personal, individual attention 
than is possible to instruction in classes. 

The Student Progresses more rapidly, because he is not 
held back by the one or two dull or lazy or negligent pupils, who 
are nearly always present in every class. 

Special Courses are given in Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, 
Geodesy, Geology, Meteorology, Mineralogy, Physics and Zoology. 

Graduation Courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of 
Science (B. S.) consist of elective studies from the above with 
certain required studies in English, Modern Languages (French and 
German), History, Mathematics, Drawing and Philosphy. Those 
who enter for a degree must pass satisfactory examinations at the 
completion of every subject, and must, at the close of the course, 
pass a satisfactory examination on all of the subjects of the course. 

Our method is different from those built upon the University 
Extension, Cosmopolitan or Chautauqua plans. Our assistance is 
not limited to outlice, suggestion, and "keeping tab" on the 
student, but it includes, also", active, personal iustruotit n wherever 
the stude it needs it. It differs from the regular college work in 
that ours is written, while the class recitation is oral. 

Our Faculty is a collection of bright, brainy, college men, who 
know what students need and how to supply those needs. We in- 
vite cori-espondence from all who have a desire for academic 
honors or who wish to pui sue some special line of study. 

Address — 

National Correspondence Institxite, 

Second National Bank Buikling-, 

"Washington, D. C. 
Department of Science. 



, ♦ . . IDepartment of ^Bookkeeping and ^Business* 



In Charge of GEO. W. SCHWARTZ, 



Ice Routine and Bookkeeping 



Bookkeeper, Expert Accouutaiit and Teacher of wide experience in Public Schools 
and Business Colleges. 




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TAUGHT 
BY 

MAIL. 

Have yon thought seriously of the ad- 
visability of taking a course of instruction 
in Bookkeeiiing and Business Practice? 
Lot us call your attention briefly to its 
advantases. 

There is Money in It. — It pays the 
larizes'r premium on the cost, time, money 
and stndy devoted to it of any investment 
that you can make. The cost of a thor- 
ouglily good course in our Business De- 
paitment, books included, is so very low 
that any one can easily atibrd 1o take it. 
The real fact is, that one cannot afford to 
neglei t it — such negligence is exceedingly 
expensive. 

Spare-Time Study.— By devoting your spare time, odd 
hours, long evenings, rainy days, etc., to it, a few months will be 
suiBcientto give you a good, practical drill in our business course, 
including Bookkeeping by single and double entry. Business Arith- 
metic, Commercial Law, Letter writing, Penmanship, etc., and pre- 
pare you for the business eslablishment or the counting-house. 

Onr Department of Bookkeeping' and. Business is 
thorough, jiractical, up-to-date, and conducted in the most satis- 
factory way by a Principal of wide experience. The course is our 
own, and excels all others, hav'ng been specially prepared at great 
expense for instruction by mail. It is easier to learn, more practi- 
cal in method, and better adapted than any mail course extant. 

Degrees. — Graduates of this Department receive the degrees 
of B. .\c('ts. and M. Accts. This Institute is incorporated by law, 
with power to confer degrees the same as the leading Colleges and 



Universities of the country, and in this has a decided advantage 
over the ordinary Business College. 

Not a " Feeder."— Thisinstructionin this Department is com- 
plete in itself and exchislvdy Uj correspondence. A student in Cali- 
fornia is instructed in the same manner as one in Baltimore or 
this city. This Department is not a side issue and a " feeder " for 
a business college run io connection, with the object of securing 
students ostensibly for correspondence instruction, and then draw- 
ing them to the College to " tinish the course." 

Securing Situations. — Our advantages for securing situations 
for our students are unequalled. 

The Young- Man^n make no mistake in taking this course 
nor have any possible regret except that he did not make such de- 
cision earlier. No man ever wished for less business qualification 
and training, but for more. Steady drains and heavy losses result 
in nine cases out often from inability, incompetency and lack of 
proper preparation. The discreet man fortifies himself against 
them by a thorougli drill, and reaps a rich reward. 

Young Woman, if you have not been thinking of this mat- 
ter and recognize the profit and advantage of such a course, let us 
earnestly urge you to do so at once. Do not delay, but settle the 
question ; take up the C'liirse and be prepared at the earliest date 
to secure the great benefit it confers. Double or treble your in- 
come, and at the same time lessen your labor. 

The Man of Business who has never had a thorough 
training in bookkeeping and business will find in this spare- 
time study course what he has long wished for. 

Tuition, $15 and upward, cash or installments. Full 
particulars fi'ee. Address — 

National Correspondence Institute, 
Second National Bank Building, 
Department of Washington, D. C. 

Bookkeeping and Business. 



DE^PARTMENT OF KNGINKERING. 

MORRIS BIEN, Ph. B., Principal, 
Assisted by a Corps of Specialists and Experts in their several lines. 




NGINEERIN 



I Spare 
Time 



Taught 

by 
Mail. 



In this Department we offer eighteen 
complete courses iu the different branches 
of (Jivil Engineering. 

In the preparation of these courses it has 
been the constant aim to secure thoroughness 
and to avoid all unnecessary theoretical 
matter, so that the student may acquire the 
knowledge to enable him to meet all the or- 
dinary requirements of his profession, and at 
the same time to qualify him to n;ieet any 
^TUnY a conditions that require the deeper study of 
I >^?.*"'*^ theory. He thus avoids the loss of time neces- 
tsary to master theoretical matters which are 
not needed in regular practice. 
Plan of AVoiic— The student is not plunged at once into the 
bewildering mass of technical subjects; but is started in the very 
elements of Arithmetic, carried on step by step, studying and com- 
prehending one lesson after another, gradually reaching, conquer- 
ing and passing many subjects that at first seemed to him almost 
impossible of comprehension. 

Our courses combine the work of the ordinary school and col- 
lege ; but because the student is earnest, because the instruction is 
individual and not hampered by the dragging of class work ; be- 
cause he advances as ra jidly as he learns ; because he avoids all 
unnecessai-y study of theory ; because he loses no time by long 
vacations which he does not need ; because ho can study when and 
where and how he pleases; because, in short, the instruction ac- 
commodates itself fully to hi^ particular needs and conditions he 
can without difficulty do the work covered by thes'.x or eight years 
of school and college in a fraction of that liuie. 

The Faculty.— Our instructors are thoroughly eauipped for this 
work; not only theoretically but practically. They are 
graduates of the leading colleges of the country — Yale Univer- 



sity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic 
Institute (Troy), Columbian University, Lehigh University, Uni- 
versity of California, University of Maine, University of Virginia; 
thus bringing- to this Institute the best methods of all 
these colleges. They are further qualified by extensive expe- 
rience in the best grades of public and private Engineering work,, 
based upon their studies in these colleges and upon their individ- 
ual investigations ia their own specialties. 

Courses. —The instruction in this department includes all 
branches of Technical Engineering and Drawing, as 
follows: Surveyi'ifi, Mupping, Higher Surveying; llailroad, Electri- 
cal, Straclur.il, Hydraulic, Saidlary, Municipal, Mechanical, and 
Steam Engineering; ArchitcctVA'e, Archiieclural Drawing and Design- 
ing, Mechanical and Topographical Drawing, Higher Mathematics and 
Advanced Mechanics. 

Degrees.— Our separate courses are complete and qualify our 
graduates to follow successfully the line of professional work taught 
in them. Where, however, the student defires to study several 
branches of Engineering we have c'ombinations of courses, upon 
the graduates in wliich we confer the regular Academic Degrees 
by authority of law, as follows: Civil Engineer (C. E.), Me- 
chanical Engineer (i\Iech. E.), Electrical Engineer 
(E. E.) aud Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph. B.). Those who- 
prefer, may select a combination of courses, subject to our approval 
for the Degree of Ph. B. 

Our Scholarships in the different courses are Non -Forfeitable, 
except for failure in payment or improper use of the instruction 
papers, aud are Transferable. 

Tuition $20 and upward, cash or installments. 

Our illustrated Annouucemeni , giving full pirticulars of all courses, 
costs, etc., mailed free on request. Address — 

National Correspondence Institute, 

Second National Bank Building, 



Department of Engineering. 



Wa.shington, D. C. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



029 944 138 6 




